In the “Big Apple” for the first time

“So how do you like the big city?” is what everyone asks me after I tell them I’m from New York. No I don’t live in New York City. This week in fact was my first time being in the “Big Apple” in the near 10 years I’ve lived in New York State.

Tuesday Mar. 6 the New Visions: Journalism & Media Studies program headed to New York City for it’s annual trip/tour of the Hearst Tower. We also visited the International Center of Photography primarily for the Weegee exhibit.

Most people from New York experience New York City for the first time when they are little, so they aren’t fully conscious of what’s going on. But at 18-years-old it was as if I was transformed back into a little kid; being awed by every site and marveled by all the people and the architecture. But we were also lucky being able to have lunch at the top of the Hearst Tower, the 44th floor, where you could see nearly everything in the city.

Times Square. Photo by Andrew Regan.

From seeing Times Square to eating food from vendors to riding the subway the first time, I was embodied by all aspects of New York City life. It is definitely an experience I will never forget.

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No matter how many times I visit the city I always feel the same way every time. Just by being there, I personally feel like I am somehow a part of something much bigger than myself. I visit the city a few times a year and I always feel the same way.